"There's so much beauty around me, but just two eyes to see!"
- Rich Mullins
I've been thinking about Matthew 6 recently, where Jesus says: "If God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?"
The dazzling colors of autumn are further examples of how God clothes his creation. Jesus' point is that if you believe that God is your caretaker, and you also believe that he is creation's caretaker, then you can (and should!) be free from worry. You should recognize that God has many creative ways to care for you.
Yet it takes eyes of faith to draw such conclusions from the world around us. Jesus is not speaking these words of counsel to just anyone, but to his disciples who were (supposed to be) men of great faith. They often only possessed "little faith," however...as do we.
If you possess faith, what conclusions do you draw from the world around you? Is all this beauty around us simply "the environment" that we need to care for? Or is it the creation of God, a sign that God cares for us?
3 comments:
Beautiful pictures of Michigan you've shown. Some states have an abundance of beauty, while others...
Good point, I should explain the pictures. The picture of the church is in Short Hills, NJ (Essex County). The other two are right in my neighborhood which is in Morris County, NJ.
It's quite dazzling around here this time of year!
Dazzling? Hmm. I guess the wind blows the smog away this time of year. That dazzle must be the sun reflecting off the broken glass on the factories.
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